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Dr. Sionainn
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Thurman suggests that Colette, who met her husband when she was TEN, secretly enjoyed and consented to a skewed power dynamic Colette herself avowed was abusive. She says he raped her, gave her an STI, forced her to sexually and socially entertain his mistresses in HER OWN BED, but Thurman implies she got a Sadean pleasure out of it!? Jesus fucking Christ. People need to get off their romanesque bullshit.
— Mar 06, 2026 06:26AM
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Dr. Sionainn
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Man, the Dreyfus affair really revealed the ugly side of France.
— Mar 03, 2026 05:34AM
Dr. Sionainn
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Even before the relegalization of divorce in 1894, The Napoleonic code would've granted Colette a divorce from Willy when he brought his mistress into the shared home.
— Mar 01, 2026 03:39AM
Dr. Sionainn
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I had no idea Colette later confided to her third husband that Willy, her first husband, raped her. I can't say I'm surprised though.
— Feb 23, 2026 12:07PM
Dr. Sionainn
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Learning more about Colette's father, and her brother Léo, shows me where exactly her fascination with blasé, feminine, peter pan male figures came from. I wonder if Léo in particular was inspiration for Alain in La chatte?
— Feb 21, 2026 04:44AM
Dr. Sionainn
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I wonder why Colette never addressed the violence of her mother Sido's first marriage. Instead, in her fairytale-like accounts, she addresses this relationship like it's Beauty and the Beast.
— Feb 16, 2026 04:23AM
